2025

A search and rescue operation is underway in China after a landslide buried homes in Sichuan province.

One dead after landslide hits China’s Sichuan province Rescue efforts continue to find at least 28 missing people as landslide buries nearly a dozen homes. A map shows Yibin city in China’s Sichuan province, the site of a deadly February 8 landslide [Al Jazeera] Published On 9 Feb 20259 Feb 2025 Rescuers in southwestern China…

Dricus du Plessis beats Sean Strickland, defends title at UFC 312 Du Plessis retains his middleweight belt with a unanimous decision over a bloodied Strickland in Sydney. South African Dircus du Plessis and Sean Strickland of the US fight in their middleweight title bout during UFC 312 at Qudos Bank Arena on February 9, 2025…

‘Truly thankful’: Thai captives return to Bangkok after over a year in Gaza The five captives were released last month in Khan Younis in southern Gaza as part of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel. Wilas Thaenna, father of Pongsak Thaenna, one of the released Thai captives, reacts as the five men came out…

Video shows German police violently dispersing protesters at a pro-Palestinian rally in Berlin.

Kosovo votes in election seen as referendum on PM Albin Kurti The polls will determine who leads Kosovo’s stalled normalisation talks with neighbouring Serbia. A man votes in Kosovo’s parliamentary elections in Pristina, Kosovo, February 9, 2025 [Florion Goga/Reuters] Published On 9 Feb 20259 Feb 2025 Polls have opened in Kosovo’s parliamentary election, seen as…

Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s ‘founding father’ and first president, dies aged 95 Nujoma was revered for leading his country to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990. Nujoma was revered in his homeland as a charismatic father figure who steered his country to democracy [File: Tony Karumba/AFP] Published On 9 Feb 20259 Feb 2025 Sam Nujoma,…

Netanyahu “is not interested in the second stage” of the ceasefire deal, according to laywer Mohammad Dahleh.

LONG READ From survivor to detective: A life fighting child sexual abuse After being abused by his grandfather, Robert Shilling went on to help rescue thousands of children. Robert Shilling has had a four-decade long career in law enforcement where he has worked to help victims of child sexual abuse [Andrew Buncombe/Al Jazeera] By Andrew BuncombePublished…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,081 Here are the key developments on the 1,081st day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. A Ukrainian self-propelled howitzer Dita of Azov brigade fires towards Russian positions at front line in the Donetsk region, Ukraine [File: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP] Published On 9 Feb 20259 Feb 2025 Here…